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Clary POV:

"Clary Go!" my mom yelled as soon as she say me pull into the drive way.

"Mom!" I yelled from the car.

Boom

"Mom!" I screamed jumping up from my bed.

"Mom…" I yelled looking around my surroundings frantically.

I was still in my room.

I felt warm tears cascade down my cheeks.

"It was just a dream… just a dream" I said as I got up wiping my face.

I walked over to my floor to ceiling window to open the curtains.

As I opened it, it was storming outside.

It was Friday and I had got home a few hours ago from school and decided to take a little power nap. The rain was violently beating against the window and I heard the rolling of thunder. The trees outside were whipping around frantically from the strong gusts of wind.

"Just like when they died" I whispered as I wrapped my arms around my torso trying to get a grip of myself.

I closed my eyes and played the scene back. The day they died.

If only I didn't go to that party. If only I stayed home.

Maybe they would still be alive. Maybe I could have saved them.

I shook my head.

There was nothing I could have done back then. Nothing.

I silently whimpered as I gazed back outside.

I slowly slid my hand across the window staring at my reflection.

I still looked like that scared little girl. Same puffy eyes, same flushed cheeks. Same same same.

If only I had the skills that I have now back then. Maybe I could have saved them. Maybe my mom and dad and brother could be here with me. We would be happy. I would still buy flowers for them every Sunday.

"I wish you guys were here" I whispered as I turned around and leaned up against the window staring at the family portrait I had painted.

"If only" I sobbed.

I opened my eyes I heard my phone ring.

I walked over to check who it was.

Jace the handsome appeared on my phone.

I shook my head and smiled a little.

This past week has been pretty great. Jace and I have been developing into the best of friends. He isn't constantly hitting on me anymore so that's great. But that chick Debra seems super pissed at me. But I don't care. Me and Jace are just friends.

School has been great too. My first week was bearable. I made friends which included Izzy, Magnus, Alec, Jordan, Maia and of course Jace. It was nice being social, having people to talk to about anything. But I feel like I can only talk to Jace about certain things, since I nearly broke down in front of him the first time I had met him. He was just something else that guy. The promise we made had brought us closer to each other. Jace now had a thing about calling me every day after school to ask how my day was because he had football practice so I never got to see him after school. And really I didn't mind, but today was different. I knew he would be concerned if I didn't answer.

So, I tried to calm my breaths and stop the shakiness in my voice as I went to answer the phone.

But I failed miserable as I answered.

"Hello?" my voice croaked.

"Clary? What's wrong?" he asked in a concerned tone.

"Uh... Nothing I'm fine" I lied.

"No you're not. It sounds like you've been crying? Come on Clary tell me…" he spoke.

"Jace…Honestly it's fine" I whispered wiping my tears with the sleeves of my shirt.

"Don't lie to me Clary. Remember the promise? You can tell me anything. Just let me in…" he said on the other line.

I let out a deep breath.

"It's just the storm… It reminded me of my….my…" I whispered not being able to finish the sentence.

"Your family?" he asked.

"Yea…" I whispered hanging my head down.

"Listen, I'm coming over"

"No. You don't have to! I'm fine"

"Clary, I've known you for a week now. I know you're not fine" he spoke

God, he was so stubborn sometimes. I knew there was nothing I could say to stop him.

"Fine…" I whispered into the phone.

"But bring me some Oreo cookie ice cream… I ran out" I added.

He chuckled.

"Okay, see you in a few"

"Okay" I said as I hung up the phone.

I walked over to the bathroom to examine the damage of my nightmare.

As I gazed into the mirror I shook my head.

My hair was super tangled, my mascara from earlier today made me look like a raccoon and I looked super flushed.

I groaned as I went to scrub the makeup off of my face.

As soon as I patted my face dry I ran a comb throw my crow's nest of hair as I heard the bell ring.

I quickly finished brushing my hair and let it cascade down my back as I looked into my full length mirror.

Today I had worn a black skirt that stopped around my mid-thigh with black stockings underneath so I don't look like a skank. And I paired that with a white jumper that stopped at my waist.

I quickly fixed my skirt and jumper then went into the kitchen and up to the door.

I peered through the peep hole just in case.

It was Jace.

I unlocked the door and opened up.

"Hey" Jace said as he looked at me, searching for tears I assumed.

"Hi" I spoke offering a small smile.

"Come in" I said as I walked into the kitchen.

He closed the door and set his keys into the bowl next to the door.

I sat on the dining room table as Jace went into one of the drawers and brought out a spoon. It was kinda weird how he almost knew my apartment as good as me. But I guess he spent so much time here that he just knew.

He offered me the spoon and opened up the ice cream.

"Thanks" I whispered sticking my spoon in the ice cream.

I scooped out a big chunk and stuffed it into my mouth.

"Mhhhhmm… This is exactly what I needed" I mumbled as I went and scooped more ice cream.

Jace just smiled and watched me.

After about 8 scoops I finally spoke.

"Did you want some?" I asked pushing the ice cream towards him.

"I'm good" he smiled pushing it back to me.

"Suit yourself" I whispered as I demolished half of the container of ice cream.

Two brain freezes later I was filled to the brim with ice cream.

I closed the lid and walked over to the freezer and put the ice cream inside. I quickly washed the spoon and sat back down taking the seat right next to Jace.

I extended one arm along the top of the dining room table and laid my head tilting it up to look at Jace.

He just stared at me with a blank expression.

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion.

"Whatcha thinking about Jace?"

He leaned his elbow against the table top and cupped his chin before he spoke.

"Are you okay?" he asked

I sighed as I propped my head up mimicking his position slightly.

"I am now"

"Do you want to talk about what happened?"

"Uh... no... Not right now" I answered. I didn't really want to bring it up again.

"Oh... okay" he answered.

"But maybe later?"

"Yea later" he smiled.

"Let's go do something Clary" he said as he shot out of his chair.

"Like what?" I asked not moving from my spot.

"I don't know. Anything. It's Friday night man. Let's go somewhere." he spoke as he walked over to the large window.

"But it's raining" I replied as I watched him lean against the window with one arm raised above his head.

"Let's go to the park" he said as he turned around to meet my gaze.

"But it's raining" I repeated.

"Exactly. It's perfect no one would be out there. We could have the park to ourselves!" he smiled.

I shook my head.

"There's a reason why no one's there. It's storming like a mother out there" I said.

"Come on Clary. You have a raincoat and rain boots don't you?" he asked.

"Yea, so?"

"So let's go! Come on! Let's go have an adventure in the storm! Let's live life to the fullest!" he smiled knowing that I couldn't resist that last statement.

I sighed once again.

"Fine!" I said as I walked over to my bedroom door.

"I'll go change" I said as I shut my door.

"Okay. I have to get something from my car so I'll be right back" he shouted from the other side of the door.

"Okay!" I shouted back.

I changed out of my skirt and into a pair of blue jeans. I pulled my raindrop printed rain boots and grabbed my black raincoat zipping it up to my neck. I went over to my closet and grabbed a black beanie from the top shelf. I pulled that on my head and walked out of my room.

At the door Jace stood with a pair of black rain boots and a rain coat similar to my own. He had a clear closed umbrella in his left hand.

"You planned this didn't you" I said as shuffled my way towards the door.

"Maybe?" he smiled as he opened the door.

I shook my head and locked my apartment up stuffing the keys into my jacket pocket.

We walked down the stairs and out to the street.

He opened up the umbrella and we both stood underneath it as we walked to the park near my house.

I've always wanted a clear umbrella. I thought it was amazing how you could watch the raindrops slide down the outside of the umbrella. It was amazing.

I was glad that the wind had died down now so we didn't have to deal with the umbrella flipping inside out.

We reached the park within minutes because I lived so close.

We walked along the path and we stepped in every single puddle that we passed. We had rain boots on so we could.

I couldn't help but let out laugh every time we jumped into the puddle. I was so amused with Jace as his face lit up when he spotted a puddle. He looked like a kid in a candy store. I loved how childish he was sometimes.

We continued to stroll leisurely as we approached the huge pond in the middle of the park.

I was so amazed at the beauty of the pond that I hadn't noticed that Jace had stopped.

I ended up ramming into him.

"What the heck?" I asked regained my balance.

"Why did you stop?" I asked.

I was quickly hushed by Jace.

He stepped in front of me as to protect me from something.

"Don't make any sudden movements" he whispered as he started to take slow steps backwards.

"They can smell fear" he whispered.

"What are you talking about?" I asked as I tried to peer over his shoulder.

"Stop moving! They know we're here" he whispered.

I finally peered over his shoulder seeing the culprit for Jace's anxiety.

A mother and her four ducklings stood in front of the path staring at us.

I began to laugh hysterically.

My laughs scared them off and they ended up jumping into the pond.

"You've got to be kidding me Jace!" I laughed.

"They are evil creatures!" he yelled defensively.

"Jace! Those are fluffy yellow ducks!" I giggled.

"They are the farthest things from evil!" I laughed.

"Whatever! That's a part of their whole scheme. You think they're cute and all but bam! Once you pick them up they start pecking at your eyeballs!" he yelled.

"You're crazy!" I laughed.

"You think that now! But don't come crying to me when the evil creatures take you!" he yelled.

"I can promise you I won't!" I laughed.

After a few minutes my laughter had finally seized.

I glanced at Jace and he was just glaring at me holding the umbrella up.

I smiled as I looked up into the sky. The rain had stopped and it looked like the sun was trying to come back out.

I quickly turned to the darkest part of the sky looking for something in particular.

"What are you looking for?" I heard Jace ask as I stepped out of the umbrella.

"That" I said as I pointed to darkest part of the sky.

"Wow" I heard him say as he closed the umbrella and stood next to me.

"Yea" I whispered as I looked up into the sky.

There was a beautiful double rainbow in the sky. It started off with an indigo color followed by a darkish blue then a light blue. After that there was a light green followed by a bright yellow. Over that was a nice sunset orange color and finally a fierce red color. Almost similar to the color of my hair. But I got to admit the rainbows red was much more prominent than my own.

The rainbow was so beautiful.

I was so caught up in the beauty I hadn't notice Jace holding my hand. I only noticed when I felt him squeeze my hand.

"Thanks" he said as he gazed down at me.

"For what?" I asked looking up to him.

"For coming with me" he smiled

"No problem" I replied.

"Thanks for coming over and buying me ice cream" I spoke.

"No problem Clary" he said as he returned his gaze back to the sky.

I returned my gaze to nature's beauty and gripped Jace's hand tighter intertwining my fingers with his own.

Maybe this is what life was about. Spending it with people who care about you. Maybe that's what my family wanted me to do.

I smiled into the sky as I watched the rainbow slowly disappeared.

"I love you guys" I whispered as the rainbow disappeared being replaced by the rays of sunlight.


A/N: I hope you guys liked it! Also i was wondering if you wanted me to go into detail about Clary's classes? Please Review and let me know! Thanks!

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